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LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Louis XV style ormolu-mounted kingwood and burr walnut bureau plat
Late 19th Century
The shaped top inset with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface, the wavy frieze centred to the front by three drawers with foliate handles, the back with similar simulated drawers, on cabriole legs each headed by a pierced foliate clasp and terminating in acanthus-cast sabots
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 69¾ in. (177 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) deep
Late 19th Century
The shaped top inset with a gilt-tooled brown leather writing surface, the wavy frieze centred to the front by three drawers with foliate handles, the back with similar simulated drawers, on cabriole legs each headed by a pierced foliate clasp and terminating in acanthus-cast sabots
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 69¾ in. (177 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sir Julius Wernher, Bt., Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire.
Thence by descent to Sir Harold Wernher, Bt., G.C.V.O., Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire.
Sold Sotheby's, London, 24-25 May 1995, lot 217 (£14,950).
Thence by descent to Sir Harold Wernher, Bt., G.C.V.O., Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire.
Sold Sotheby's, London, 24-25 May 1995, lot 217 (£14,950).
Special notice
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